Morning journal and courier., 1887-12-02
General state News.

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General state News.
INFERRED AT NEW LONDON.
The body of the Rev. Edward w. Bacon,
who died at Santa Clara, Cal, last June, was
inferred in Cedar Grove cemetery, New Lon
don, yesterday.
BURGLARY AT MANCHESTER.
The railroad depot at Manchester was
entered by burglars Tuesday night and sill
yer watch belonging to Baggage Master
Latham was taken, and valise belonging to
a drummer was cut into pieces. The bur
glars also entered the freight house and the
Office of w. 81. Childs. From the freight
house they stole demijohn of -wine.
ANOTHER RAILROAD CHANGE.
The Consolidated road, it is said, is about
to make change at Berlin station which
will quite revolutionize the present state of
service. It is proposed to do away with the
New Britain branch and the Middletown
branch as separate lines and to run through
trains from New Britain to Middletown,
making connection at Berlin with the main
line as usual. If this is done it is probable
that the road which crosses the main line
will go under that line, instead of crossing
at grade, to insure absolute safety No work
will be done on the proposed change till
spring.
HORSE TRADERS MISTAKE.
A Voluntown horse trader put up at the
Wauregan House, Norwich, Tuesday night,
and, on retiring, blew out the gas. He had
enced very uncertain feeling. He arose
and raised the window, and then retired
agaia. The odor began to be sitting and he
got up and opened the door into the hall
Then he went to bed again. He then held
the fort until he was driven out by nausea,
when he dressed, and going to the Office
walked up to the night clerk and said: "Say,
there is something wrong about the room
you gave me. It has bad smell, and have
concluded it amt healthy. Can't you give
me room with less perfumery and more
comfort?" The odor was upon him, the
clerk recognized it, and going to the room
he turned off the gas, aired the room and
showed his guest that there was comfort still
left in the room assigned him.
WOODS STATUE OF NATHAN HALE.
A model of Woods design for statue to
Nathan Hale, the martyr spy of the revolu-
ton, has been cast in bronze and is now or
exhibition in Hartford. It is a splendid de-
sign, showing the sculptor's genius. 1t is
such statue as Connecticut would not have
cause to be ashamed of if is were placed by
the State on the Capitol grounds. where it
belongs. This model, which is of course not
as large as the proposed statue, stands on q
pedestal. he DaCuTal anu impressive aIC1-
tude and aspect well bs6t the immortal last
words of the youthful hero, eI only regret
that have but life to lose for my coun.
try" There is a silent eloquenee in that
statue which will impress every beholder.
The model will be sent to-day to New
York as a competing one for acceptance for
the Hale statue which is to be erected on or
near the spot where, not far from the present
City Hall, by Sir William Hows's order he
was executed September %, 1776.
AN ACCIDENT ON THE CONSOLIDATED ROAD AT
BRIDGEPORT.
An extra freight On the Consolidated road
had pulled into Bridgeport Wednesday even
ing at 7:45 and came TO a standstin east of
the Housatenic crossing, the cabeoss just
clearing the draw. The Naugatuck freight
due ehortly after B p. M, made up of 81
freight cars drawn by the locomotive R. NJ
Bassett, was for some unknown reason de-
layed up the road. 1t was said that it de-
rallied at Derby, but this could not be veri-
fed. While the extra freight was standing
on the bridge the Naugatuck came in at the
usual speed, Stacking according to custom for
the draw. The locomotive crashed into
the rear of the freight, and for
an instant it looked as if there would be a
serious accident. The caboose was crushed
against the rear freight car like paper box
The car was lifted from its trucks and COM
pletely wrecked. The rear freight car, a
New York and New England car, was thrown
from the track and torn from one truck, run
ming 20 or 80 feet on the planking between
the east bound track and almost turning on
its side before it stopped. The force of the
shock sent it into the next car, smashing in
one end. The wreck was entirely cleared ND
about midnight and trains thereafter ran as
usual.
CATS QUEER EXPERIENCE.
The curious experience of year old mall
tese cat, owned by William T. johnson of
Barbour street, is worthy of note. Some
two months ago it began terrible sneezing,
continuing in sore straits, snoring in its
sleep like human snorer until at length it
was determined, 80 bothersome had it become,
that it must die BY chloroform. Monday
night, however, juvenile member of Mr..
Johnson's family, who was petting the ami
NAL, discovered wisp of dry grass protrud-
ing from between the nostrils.
This was supposed to be
attempt was made to pull it out, it continued
to come until nearly three inches had been
captured. Blood followed its withdrawal,
but kitty was quite happy notwithstanding,
and is now in its normal health. It swal-
common wild grass having small wheat-like
head, so that the wisp stuck in its throat
For two months it tried Intellectually to cough
it up, but finally the coughing, it is sup
posed, drove the grass up into the nestrils
and thence into the cartilage, whence it re-
SO strangely Monday night. This
experience, we venture to say, has not been
equalled by any known cat in the world
Hartford Post.